Representative Bradley G. Last proposes the following substitute bill:


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PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING AMENDMENTS

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2021 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Lincoln Fillmore

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House Sponsor: Bradley G. Last

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill requires the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee to complete an
10     evaluation and make recommendations for future legislation regarding public education
11     funding and addresses funding for students who are at risk.
12     Highlighted Provisions:
13          This bill:
14          ▸     requires the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee to:
15               •     complete an evaluation of public education funding;
16               •     make recommendations for future legislation; and
17               •     report to the Executive Appropriations Committee;
18          ▸     amends dates regarding certain reviews or evaluations required of the Public
19     Education Appropriations Subcommittee;
20          ▸     enacts a weighted pupil unit add-on for students who are at risk using weighting
21     based on:
22               •     students who receive free or reduced price lunch; and
23               •     students who are English language learners;
24          ▸     requires the Utah State Board of Education to monitor learning outcomes related to
25     the WPU add-on;

26          ▸     repeals the Enhancement for At-Risk Students Program while reenacting the portion
27     related to the gang prevention and intervention program;
28          ▸     establishes a certain repeal date; and
29          ▸     makes technical and conforming changes.
30     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
31          None
32     Other Special Clauses:
33          None
34     Utah Code Sections Affected:
35     AMENDS:
36          53E-1-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapters 330 and 354
37          53F-2-206, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 378
38          53F-2-208, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Fifth Special Session, Chapter 14
39          53F-2-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 167
40          53F-2-601, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Fifth Special Session, Chapter 14
41          63I-2-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Sixth Special Session, Chapter 13
42     ENACTS:
43          53E-1-202.2, Utah Code Annotated 1953
44          53F-2-314, Utah Code Annotated 1953
45     REPEALS AND REENACTS:
46          53F-2-410, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 181, 186, and 408
47     

48     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
49          Section 1. Section 53E-1-202 is amended to read:
50          53E-1-202. Reports to and action required of the Public Education
51     Appropriations Subcommittee.
52          (1) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 68-3-14, the following
53     recurring reports are due to the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee:
54          (a) the State Superintendent's Annual Report by the state board described in Section
55     53E-1-203;
56          (b) the report described in Section 53E-10-703 by the Utah Leading through Effective,

57     Actionable, and Dynamic Education director on research and other activities; and
58          (c) the report by the STEM Action Center Board described in Section 9-22-109,
59     including the information described in Section 9-22-113 on the status of the computer science
60     initiative.
61          (2) (a) The one-time report by the state board regarding cost centers and implementing
62     activity based costing is due to the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee in
63     accordance with Section 53E-3-520.
64          (b) The occasional report, described in Section 53F-2-502 by the state board on the
65     program evaluation of the dual language immersion program, is due to the Public Education
66     Appropriations Subcommittee and in accordance with Section 68-3-14.
67          (3) In accordance with applicable provisions, the Public Education Appropriations
68     Subcommittee shall complete the following:
69          [(a) the evaluation described in Section 53F-2-410 of funding for at-risk students; and]
70          (a) the review described in Section 53E-2-301 of the WPU value rate; and
71          (b) if required, the study described in Section 53F-4-304 of scholarship payments.
72          Section 2. Section 53E-1-202.2 is enacted to read:
73          53E-1-202.2. Public education funding evaluation -- Recommendations.
74          (1) As used in this section:
75          (a) "Basic Program" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53F-2-102.
76          (b) "WPU" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53F-2-102.
77          (2) In lieu of the accountable budget reviews required in legislative rule, the Public
78     Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall, in order to continue and build upon the public
79     education funding study that the state board completed during the 2021 fiscal year, complete an
80     evaluation of the funding structure for public education, including by developing
81     recommendations for future legislation to:
82          (a) during the first phase:
83          (i) evaluate and recommend the rate at which the weightings described in Subsection
84     53F-2-314(2)(a) should grow for the WPU add-ons for students who are at risk; and
85          (ii) address distribution of revenues to school districts of differing sizes and property
86     values to ensure adequate long-term equalization of public education funds through tested or
87     new approaches to equalization;

88          (b) during the second phase:
89          (i) consider additional issues raised under the evaluation and recommendations
90     described in Subsection (2)(a);
91          (ii) address the related to basic programs described in Title 53 F, Chapter 2, State
92     Funding -- Minimum School Program, to optimize coherence, stability, continuous
93     improvement, and balance with Basic Program funds; and
94          (iii) address methods to support schools in developing and implementing effective
95     practices, possibly through a competitive grant program.
96          (3) The Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall report the following to
97     the Executive Appropriations Committee:
98          (a) no later than December 1, 2021, the evaluation and recommendations described in
99     Subsection (2)(a); and
100          (b) no later than December 1, 2022, the evaluation and recommendations described in
101     Subsection (2)(b).
102          Section 3. Section 53F-2-206 is amended to read:
103          53F-2-206. Flexibility in the use of certain related to basic program funds.
104          (1) As used in this section, "qualifying program" means:
105          [(a) the Enhancement for At-Risk Students Program created in Section 53F-2-410;]
106          [(b)] (a) the Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program created in Section
107     53F-2-408;
108          [(c)] (b) the early college programs described in Section 53F-2-408.5; and
109          [(d)] (c) the concurrent enrollment program established in Section 53E-10-302.
110          (2) If a school district or charter school receives an allocation of state funds for a
111     qualifying program that is less than $10,000, the LEA governing board of the receiving school
112     district or charter school may:
113          (a) (i) combine the funds with one or more qualifying program fund allocations each of
114     which is less than $10,000; and
115          (ii) use the combined funds in accordance with the program requirements for any of the
116     qualifying programs that are combined; or
117          (b) (i) transfer the funds to a qualifying program for which the school district or charter
118     school received an allocation of funds that is greater than or equal to $10,000; and

119          (ii) use the combined funds in accordance with the program requirements for the
120     qualifying program to which the funds are transferred.
121          Section 4. Section 53F-2-208 is amended to read:
122          53F-2-208. Cost of adjustments for growth and inflation.
123          (1) In accordance with Subsection (2), the Legislature shall annually determine:
124          (a) the estimated state cost of adjusting for inflation in the next fiscal year, based on a
125     rolling five-year average ending in the current fiscal year, ongoing state tax fund appropriations
126     to the following programs:
127          (i) education for youth in custody, described in Section 53E-3-503;
128          (ii) the Basic Program, described in Title 53F, Chapter 2, Part 3, Basic Program
129     (Weighted Pupil Units);
130          (iii) the Adult Education Program, described in Section 53F-2-401;
131          (iv) state support of pupil transportation, described in Section 53F-4-402;
132          [(v) the Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program, described in Section
133     53F-2-408;]
134          [(vi)] (v) the Concurrent Enrollment Program, described in Section 53F-2-409; and
135          [(vii)] (vi) the Enhancement for At-Risk Students Program, described in Section
136     53F-2-410; and
137          (b) the estimated state cost of adjusting for enrollment growth, in the next fiscal year,
138     the current fiscal year's ongoing state tax fund appropriations to the following programs:
139          (i) a program described in Subsection (1)(a);
140          (ii) educator salary adjustments, described in Section 53F-2-405;
141          (iii) the Teacher Salary Supplement Program, described in Section 53F-2-504;
142          (iv) the Voted and Board Local Levy Guarantee programs, described in Section
143     53F-2-601; and
144          (v) charter school local replacement funding, described in Section 53F-2-702.
145          (2) (a) In or before December each year, the Executive Appropriations Committee shall
146     determine:
147          (i) the cost of the inflation adjustment described in Subsection (1)(a); and
148          (ii) the cost of the enrollment growth adjustment described in Subsection (1)(b).
149          (b) The Executive Appropriations Committee shall make the determinations described

150     in Subsection (2)(a) based on recommendations developed by the Office of the Legislative
151     Fiscal Analyst, in consultation with the state board and the Governor's Office of Management
152     and Budget.
153          Section 5. Section 53F-2-301 is amended to read:
154          53F-2-301. Minimum basic tax rate for a fiscal year that begins after July 1, 2022.
155          (1) The provisions of this section are not in effect for a fiscal year that begins on July 1,
156     2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022.
157          (2) As used in this section:
158          (a) "Basic levy increment rate" means a tax rate that will generate an amount of
159     revenue equal to $75,000,000.
160          (b) "Combined basic rate" means a rate that is the sum of:
161          (i) the minimum basic tax rate; and
162          (ii) the WPU value rate.
163          (c) "Commission" means the State Tax Commission.
164          (d) "Equity pupil tax rate" means the tax rate that will generate an amount of revenue
165     equal to the amount generated by the equity pupil tax rate as defined in Section 53F-2-301.5 in
166     the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2022.
167          (e) "Minimum basic local amount" means an amount that is:
168          (i) equal to the sum of:
169          (A) the school districts' contribution to the basic school program the previous fiscal
170     year;
171          (B) the amount generated by the basic levy increment rate;
172          (C) the amount generated by the equity pupil tax rate; and
173          (D) the eligible new growth, as defined in Section 59-2-924 and rules of the State Tax
174     Commission multiplied by the minimum basic rate; and
175          (ii) set annually by the Legislature in Subsection (3)(a).
176          (f) "Minimum basic tax rate" means a tax rate certified by the commission that will
177     generate an amount of revenue equal to the minimum basic local amount described in
178     Subsection (3)(a).
179          (g) "Weighted pupil unit value" or "WPU value" means the amount established each
180     year in the enacted public education budget that is multiplied by the number of weighted pupil

181     units to yield the funding level for the basic school program.
182          (h) "WPU value amount" means an amount:
183          (i) that is equal to the product of:
184          (A) the WPU value increase limit; and
185          (B) the percentage share of local revenue to the cost of the basic school program in the
186     immediately preceding fiscal year; and
187          (ii) set annually by the Legislature in Subsection (4)(a).
188          (i) "WPU value increase limit" means the lesser of:
189          (i) the total cost to the basic school program to increase the WPU value over the WPU
190     value in the prior fiscal year; or
191          (ii) the total cost to the basic school program to increase the WPU value by 4% over
192     the WPU value in the prior fiscal year.
193          (j) "WPU value rate" means a tax rate certified by the commission that will generate an
194     amount of revenue equal to the WPU value amount described in Subsection (4)(a).
195          (3) (a) The minimum basic local amount for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2018,
196     is $408,073,800 in revenue statewide.
197          (b) The preliminary estimate of the minimum basic tax rate for a fiscal year that begins
198     on July 1, 2018, is .001498.
199          (4) (a) The WPU value amount for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2018, is
200     $18,650,000 in revenue statewide.
201          (b) The preliminary estimate of the WPU value rate for the fiscal year that begins on
202     July 1, 2018, is .000069.
203          (5) (a) On or before June 22, the commission shall certify for the year:
204          (i) the minimum basic tax rate; and
205          (ii) the WPU value rate.
206          (b) The estimate of the minimum basic tax rate provided in Subsection (3)(b) and the
207     estimate of the WPU value rate provided in Subsection (4)(b) are based on a forecast for
208     property values for the next calendar year.
209          (c) The certified minimum basic tax rate described in Subsection (5)(a)(i) and the
210     certified WPU value rate described in Subsection (5)(a)(ii) are based on property values as of
211     January 1 of the current calendar year, except personal property, which is based on values from

212     the previous calendar year.
213          (6) (a) To qualify for receipt of the state contribution toward the basic school program
214     and as a school district's contribution toward the cost of the basic school program for the school
215     district, each local school board shall impose the combined basic rate.
216          (b) (i) The state is not subject to the notice requirements of Section 59-2-926 before
217     imposing the tax rates described in this Subsection (6).
218          (ii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b)(ii)(B), the state is subject to the notice
219     requirements of Section 59-2-926 if the state authorizes a tax rate that exceeds the tax rates
220     described in this Subsection (6).
221           (B) For a calendar year that begins on January 1, 2018, the state is not subject to the
222     notice and public hearing requirements of Section 59-2-926 if the state authorizes a combined
223     basic rate that exceeds the tax rates authorized in this section.
224          (7) (a) The state shall contribute to each school district toward the cost of the basic
225     school program in the school district an amount of money that is the difference between the
226     cost of the school district's basic school program and the sum of revenue generated by the
227     school district by the following:
228          (i) the combined basic rate;
229          (ii) the basic levy increment rate; and
230          (iii) the equity pupil tax rate.
231          (b) (i) If the difference described in Subsection (7)(a) equals or exceeds the cost of the
232     basic school program in a school district, no state contribution shall be made to the basic
233     school program for the school district.
234          (ii) The proceeds of the difference described in Subsection (7)(a) that exceed the cost
235     of the basic school program shall be paid into the Uniform School Fund as provided by law and
236     by the close of the fiscal year in which the proceeds were calculated.
237          (8) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Division of Finance shall deposit an
238     amount equal to the proceeds generated statewide:
239          (a) by the basic levy increment rate into the Minimum Basic Growth Account created
240     in Section 53F-9-302;
241          (b) by the equity pupil tax rate into the Local Levy Growth Account created in Section
242     53F-9-305; and

243          (c) by the WPU value rate into the Teacher and Student Success Account created in
244     Section 53F-9-306.
245          (9) After July 1, [2022] 2021, but before November 30, 2022, the Public Education
246     Appropriations Subcommittee:
247          (a) shall review the WPU value rate, the impact of revenues generated by the WPU
248     value rate on public education funding, and whether local school boards should continue to
249     levy the WPU value rate; and
250          (b) may recommend an increase, repeal, or continuance of the WPU value rate.
251          Section 6. Section 53F-2-314 is enacted to read:
252          53F-2-314. Weighted pupil units for students who are at-risk.
253          (1) As used in this section:
254          (a) "At risk" means that a public education student:
255          (i) scores below proficient on a state board or LEA approved assessment; or
256          (ii) meets an LEA governing board's approved definition of an at-risk student.
257          (b) "Limited English proficiency" means that an English learner student received a
258     score of 1-4 on an English language proficiency assessment.
259          (2) (a) Additional weighted pupil units for students who are at-risk are computed based
260     on the number of students within each LEA on October 1 of the previous school year as
261     follows, added to a base of five WPUs for each LEA:
262          (i) for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2021:
263          (A) for each student who is eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch, .05
264     additional weighted pupil units; and
265          (B) for each student with limited English proficiency, .025 additional weighted pupil
266     units; and
267          (ii) for each fiscal year after the fiscal year described in Subsection (2)(a)(i), the
268     additional weighed pupil units shall increase, subject to the approval of the Executive
269     Appropriations Committee, by amounts that the Public Education Appropriations
270     Subcommittee recommends in the subcommittee's evaluation and recommendations described
271     in Section 53E-1-202.2, up to:
272          (A) for each student who is eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch, .3 total
273     weighted pupil units; and

274          (B) for each student with limited English proficiency, up to .1 total weighted pupil
275     units.
276          (b) Funding for a student who falls within both Subsections (2)(a)(i)(A) and (B) shall
277     be computed under both weighting factors.
278          (3) An LEA governing board shall use money distributed under this section to improve
279     the academic achievement of students who are at-risk.
280          (4) For a year in which an allocation to an LEA under this section is less than the
281     allocation to the LEA under the Enhancement for At-Risk Students Program in the 2021 fiscal
282     year, the Executive Appropriations Committee shall include a one-time appropriation in the
283     public education budget to supplement the difference between the two amounts.
284          (5) (a) Annually, an LEA shall provide the following information to the state board:
285          (i) a report of the LEA's use of funds allocated under this section through the annual
286     financial reporting process; and
287          (ii) the LEA's outcome data or a report of intervention effectiveness related to the use
288     of the LEA's use of funds allocated under this section.
289          (b) The state board shall monitor the learning outcomes resulting from the LEA's use of
290     funds under this section.
291          Section 7. Section 53F-2-410 is repealed and reenacted to read:
292          53F-2-410. Gang prevention and intervention program.
293          Subject to legislative appropriations, the state board shall distribute money for a gang
294     prevention and intervention program:
295          (1) that is designed to help students at risk for gang involvement stay in school; and
296          (2) to school districts and charter schools through a request for proposals process.
297          Section 8. Section 53F-2-601 is amended to read:
298          53F-2-601. State guaranteed local levy increments -- Appropriation to increase
299     number of guaranteed local levy increments -- No effect of change of minimum basic tax
300     rate -- Voted and board local levy funding balance -- Use of guaranteed local levy
301     increment funds.
302          (1) As used in this section:
303          (a) "Board local levy" means a local levy described in Section 53F-8-302.
304          (b) "Guaranteed local levy increment" means a local levy increment guaranteed by the

305     state:
306          (i) for the board local levy, described in Subsections (2)(a)(ii)(A) and (2)(b)(ii)(B); or
307          (ii) for the voted local levy, described in Subsections (2)(a)(ii)(B) and (2)(b)(ii)(A).
308          (c) "Local levy increment" means .0001 per dollar of taxable value.
309          (d) (i) "Voted and board local levy funding balance" means the difference between:
310          (A) the amount appropriated for the guaranteed local levy increments in a fiscal year;
311     and
312          (B) the amount necessary to fund in the same fiscal year the guaranteed local levy
313     increments as determined under this section.
314          (ii) "Voted and board local levy funding balance" does not include appropriations
315     described in Subsection (2)(b)(i).
316          (e) "Voted local levy" means a local levy described in Section 53F-8-301.
317          (2) (a) (i) In addition to the revenue collected from the imposition of a voted local levy
318     or a board local levy, the state shall guarantee that a school district receives, subject to
319     Subsections (2)(b)(ii)(C) and (3)(a), for each guaranteed local levy increment, an amount
320     sufficient to guarantee for a fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2018, $43.10 per weighted pupil
321     unit.
322          (ii) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii), the number of local levy increments
323     that are subject to the guarantee amount described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) are:
324          (A) for a board local levy, the first four local levy increments a local school board
325     imposes under the board local levy; and
326          (B) for a voted local levy, the first 16 local levy increments a local school board
327     imposes under the voted local levy.
328          (b) (i) Subject to future budget constraints and Subsection (2)(c), the Legislature shall
329     annually appropriate money from the Local Levy Growth Account established in Section
330     53F-9-305 for purposes described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii).
331          (ii) The state board shall, for a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2018, and
332     subject to Subsection (2)(c), allocate funds appropriated under Subsection (2)(b)(i) and the
333     amount described in Subsection (3)(c) in the following order of priority by increasing:
334          (A) by up to four increments the number of voted local levy guaranteed local levy
335     increments above 16;

336          (B) by up to 16 increments the number of board local levy guaranteed local levy
337     increments above four; and
338          (C) the guaranteed amount described in Subsection (2)(a)(i).
339          (c) The number of guaranteed local levy increments under this Subsection (2) for a
340     school district may not exceed 20 guaranteed local levy increments, regardless of whether the
341     guaranteed local levy increments are from the imposition of a voted local levy, a board local
342     levy, or a combination of the two.
343          (3) (a) The guarantee described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) is indexed each year to the value
344     of the weighted pupil unit by making the value of the guarantee equal to .011962 times the
345     value of the prior year's weighted pupil unit.
346          (b) The guarantee shall increase by .0005 times the value of the prior year's weighted
347     pupil unit for each year subject to the Legislature appropriating funds for an increase in the
348     guarantee.
349          (c) If the indexing and growth described in Subsections (3)(a) and (b) result in a cost to
350     the state in a given fiscal year that is less than the amount the Legislature appropriated, the state
351     board shall dedicate the difference to the allocation described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii).
352          (4) (a) The amount of state guarantee money that a school district would otherwise be
353     entitled to receive under this section may not be reduced for the sole reason that the school
354     district's board local levy or voted local levy is reduced as a consequence of changes in the
355     certified tax rate under Section 59-2-924 pursuant to changes in property valuation.
356          (b) Subsection (4)(a) applies for a period of five years following a change in the
357     certified tax rate as described in Subsection (4)(a).
358          (5) The guarantee provided under this section does not apply to the portion of a voted
359     local levy rate that exceeds the voted local levy rate that was in effect for the previous fiscal
360     year, unless an increase in the voted local levy rate was authorized in an election conducted on
361     or after July 1 of the previous fiscal year and before December 2 of the previous fiscal year.
362          (6) (a) If a voted and board local levy funding balance exists for the prior fiscal year,
363     the state board shall:
364          (i) use the voted and board local levy funding balance to increase the value of the state
365     guarantee per weighted pupil unit described in Subsection (3)(a) in the current fiscal year; and
366          (ii) distribute guaranteed local levy increment funds to school districts based on the

367     increased value of the state guarantee per weighted pupil unit described in Subsection (6)(a)(i).
368          (b) The state board shall report action taken under Subsection (6)(a) to the Office of the
369     Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
370          (7) A local school board of a school district that receives funds described in this section
371     shall budget and expend the funds for public education purposes.
372          Section 9. Section 63I-2-253 is amended to read:
373          63I-2-253. Repeal dates -- Titles 53 through 53G.
374          (1) (a) Section 53-2a-217, regarding procurement during an epidemic or pandemic
375     emergency, is repealed on December 31, 2021.
376          (b) When repealing Section 53-2a-217, the Office of Legislative Research and General
377     Counsel shall, in addition to the office's authority under Subsection 36-12-12(3), make
378     necessary changes to subsection numbering and cross references.
379          (2) Section 53B-2a-103 is repealed July 1, 2021.
380          (3) Section 53B-2a-104 is repealed July 1, 2021.
381          (4) (a) Subsection 53B-2a-108(5), regarding exceptions to the composition of a
382     technical college board of trustees, is repealed July 1, 2022.
383          (b) When repealing Subsection 53B-2a-108(5), the Office of Legislative Research and
384     General Counsel shall, in addition to its authority under Subsection 36-12-12(3), make
385     necessary changes to subsection numbering and cross references.
386          (5) Section 53B-6-105.7 is repealed July 1, 2024.
387          (6) (a) Subsection 53B-7-705(6)(b)(ii)(A), the language that states "Except as provided
388     in Subsection (6)(b)(ii)(B)," is repealed July 1, 2021.
389          (b) Subsection 53B-7-705(6)(b)(ii)(B), regarding comparing a technical college's
390     change in performance with the technical college's average performance, is repealed July 1,
391     2021.
392          (7) (a) Subsection 53B-7-707(3)(a)(ii), the language that states "Except as provided in
393     Subsection (3)(b)," is repealed July 1, 2021.
394          (b) Subsection 53B-7-707(3)(b), regarding performance data of a technical college
395     during a fiscal year before fiscal year 2020, is repealed July 1, 2021.
396          (8) Section 53B-8-114 is repealed July 1, 2024.
397          (9) (a) The following sections, regarding the Regents' scholarship program, are

398     repealed on July 1, 2023:
399          (i) Section 53B-8-202;
400          (ii) Section 53B-8-203;
401          (iii) Section 53B-8-204; and
402          (iv) Section 53B-8-205.
403          (b) (i) Subsection 53B-8-201(2), regarding the Regents' scholarship program for
404     students who graduate from high school before fiscal year 2019, is repealed on July 1, 2023.
405          (ii) When repealing Subsection 53B-8-201(2), the Office of Legislative Research and
406     General Counsel shall, in addition to its authority under Subsection 36-12-12(3), make
407     necessary changes to subsection numbering and cross references.
408          (10) Section 53B-10-101 is repealed on July 1, 2027.
409          (11) Title 53B, Chapter 18, Part 14, Uintah Basin Air Quality Research Project, is
410     repealed July 1, 2023.
411          (12) Section 53E-1-202.2, regarding a Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee
412     evaluation and recommendations, is repealed January 1, 2024.
413          [(12)] (13) Section 53E-3-519 regarding school counselor services is repealed July 1,
414     2020.
415          [(13)] (14) Section 53E-3-520 is repealed July 1, 2021.
416          [(14)] (15) Subsection 53E-5-306(3)(b)(ii)(B), related to improving school
417     performance and continued funding relating to the School Recognition and Reward Program, is
418     repealed July 1, 2020.
419          [(15)] (16) Section 53E-5-307 is repealed July 1, 2020.
420          [(16)] (17) Subsection 53E-10-309(7), related to the PRIME pilot program, is repealed
421     July 1, 2024.
422          [(17)] (18) In Subsections 53F-2-205(4) and (5), regarding the State Board of
423     Education's duties if contributions from the minimum basic tax rate are overestimated or
424     underestimated, the language that states "or 53F-2-301.5, as applicable" is repealed July 1,
425     2023.
426          [(18)] (19) Subsection 53F-2-301(1), relating to the years the section is not in effect, is
427     repealed July 1, 2023.
428          (20) Subsection 53F-2-314(4), relating to a one-time expenditure between the at-risk

429     WPU add-on funding and previous at-risk funding, is repealed January 1, 2024.
430          [(19)] (21) In Subsection 53F-2-515(1), the language that states "or 53F-2-301.5, as
431     applicable" is repealed July 1, 2023.
432          [(20)] (22) Section 53F-4-207 is repealed July 1, 2022.
433          [(21)] (23) In Subsection 53F-9-302(3), the language that states "or 53F-2-301.5, as
434     applicable" is repealed July 1, 2023.
435          [(22)] (24) In Subsection 53F-9-305(3)(a), the language that states "or 53F-2-301.5, as
436     applicable" is repealed July 1, 2023.
437          [(23)] (25) In Subsection 53F-9-306(3)(a), the language that states "or 53F-2-301.5, as
438     applicable" is repealed July 1, 2023.
439          [(24)] (26) In Subsection 53G-3-304(1)(c)(i), the language that states "or 53F-2-301.5,
440     as applicable" is repealed July 1, 2023.
441          [(25)] (27) Subsections 53G-10-204(1)(c) through (e), and Subsection 53G-10-204(7),
442     related to the civics engagement pilot program, are repealed on July 1, 2023.
443          [(26)] (28) On July 1, 2023, when making changes in this section, the Office of
444     Legislative Research and General Counsel shall, in addition to the office's authority under
445     Subsection 36-12-12(3), make corrections necessary to ensure that sections and subsections
446     identified in this section are complete sentences and accurately reflect the office's perception of
447     the Legislature's intent.